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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 1989Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 1989, 4:08 PM CST for Chambers County, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 1989, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 1989, 5:15 PM CST
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Chambers County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Nov 15, 4:20 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Tallapoosa, AL
Nov 15, 4:30 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Tallapoosa, AL
Nov 15, 5:00 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Chambers, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1103 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 152211
TORMGM
ALC017-123-152315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
408 PM CST WED NOV 15 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...CHAMBERS...TALLAPOOSA
 
WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY HAS OBSERVED A TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF
CAMP HILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 15, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Tallapoosa	55 min
Nov 15, 3:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Chambers	66 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.